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The state Senate’s breakaway Democratic caucus has its eyes on the state’s regulatory systems, issuing a report today they say highlights the need to reform the rule-making process at the state’s agencies and departments.

The Independent Democratic Conference is pushing a set of bills they say would lessen the impact of state regulations on local governments and small businesses, putting a greater emphasis on electronic records and allowing outside business groups to petition state agencies on rule proposals.

In its report, the IDC found that of the 794 rules and regulations—not laws—proposed by the state the past three years, 745 ...

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